Armed police searching for a missing suspect at a property in Maldon, Essex mistakenly aimed their guns at a couple in a nearby house. The man reported that he dropped to the floor and screamed, while his wife shouted, “Please don’t shoot me”. Following the raid, a 37-year-old man of no fixed address was arrested for being unlawfully at large and another man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of assisting the offender.